Sweden
Ladies: Viktoria + Joshi Helgesson and Isabelle Olsson
Men: Alexander Majorov and one to be decided… probably Ondrej Spiegl if he is injury free. I 'm not sure if there is another man with the required scores….

The Norwegian olympic comitee has stated that Anne Line needs to be top 8 in euros to be be considered good enough to get to go to Sochi, even though she qualified a spot at nebelhorn... and shes been injured lately. So happy for Sondre, hes been in top form all season!

The second Swedish man is 15 years old Ilya Solomin, the new Swedish Junior Champion. I didn't think he had the required scores, or maybe he will compete somewhere before Euros. Congrats, how exciting it must be for him.

I can't believe the stupidity of having someone qualify the first spot for your country in fifty years and then leaving her at home. Send Anne Line to Sochi!

Originally Posted by snowflake

The second Swedish man is 15 years old Ilya Solomin, the new Swedish Junior Champion. I didn't think he had the required scores, or maybe he will compete somewhere before Euros. Congrats, how exciting it must be for him.

I checked and he has the minimums from Ice Challenge Graz. Ilya should be good to go for Euros.

The Norwegian olympic comitee has stated that Anne Line needs to be top 8 in euros to be be considered good enough to get to go to Sochi, even though she qualified a spot at nebelhorn... and shes been injured lately. So happy for Sondre, hes been in top form all season!

Her chances of making the top 8 are sadly pretty much none. Her spot will go to Januleviciute who hasn't had a good season so far (he only good performance was at Nebelhorn IIRC).

Originally Posted by snowflake

The second Swedish man is 15 years old Ilya Solomin, the new Swedish Junior Champion. I didn't think he had the required scores, or maybe he will compete somewhere before Euros. Congrats, how exciting it must be for him.

I can't believe the stupidity of having someone qualify the first spot for your country in fifty years and then leaving her at home. Send Anne Line to Sochi!

Yeah, we should write to the Norwegian olympic committé and tell them how stupid they are Reminds me of Sweden being stupid not sending Kristoffer Berntsson to Salt Lake City 2002. Athletes work hard and for some it takes time and expierence to succed.

Originally Posted by Buttercup

I checked and he has the minimums from Ice Challenge Graz. Ilya should be good to go for Euros.

Cool, I'm so happy for him... one for the future. Are the required tech scores 25 and 36?

That's far more achievable for him than a top 8 for Gjersem. And it just seems even more galling when qualifying an Olympic spot is such a breakthrough for a country and a skater.

BTW, no shenanigans this time from the Israeli Olympic committee. Davidovich/Krasnapolski and Bychenko have been confirmed for the Olympic team.

Exactly! Norway should be celebrating and pushing Anne Line. WOW to have a top athlete at olympics in another winter sport. I wish Norwegians shouldn't must have skis under their feet to be appriciated

I know! I mean, I wonder if the ladies who end up 9-10th at Euros - for example - realise just what a disgrace to figure skating they are... according to the exalted standards of the Norwegian fed? And that if they go to Sochi they will bring shame and ignominy, not only on themselves - which may not matter - but also onto their Nations? (shakes head) It's just so silly.. Which may not matter so much, except real people - like Anne Line - get hurt.

Given the crap Katz went through, I wonder what changed their minds this time.

Katz only qualified as an alternate at Nebelhorn, so maybe that had something to do with it - she got in because Georgia didn't need two spots, but her best season was 2006-7 so the Euros standard she was set was just too much. Bychenko had to be one of the top three qualifiers at NT and he was the first, so he was in no matter what. I'm not sure what D/K's standard was, but I guess what they did was good enough. They're looking pretty good for a pair who's been together for less than a year.